President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud played a critical role in convincing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lift the arms embargo imposed on Somalia for the last 31 years.
Souef Mohamed El-Amine said this while congratulating Somalia on this historic feat.
El-Amine, the Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), issued a statement on the historic feat.
He said that the lifting of the arms embargo would not have been possible without President Mohamud’s “outstanding leadership.”
El-Amine expressed hope that the upcoming Somali Security Conference would be a successful next step for the East African nation.